Advergames: Theme of Game is Secret to Success
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s all fun and games when it comes to the current trend in online advertising. Advergames, online video games used to advertise a product or brand, increasingly are being used by advertisers to attract ...
HIV drug maraviroc effective for drug-resistant patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 01, 2008 |
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As many as one quarter of HIV patients have drug resistance, limiting their treatment options and raising their risk for AIDS and death. Now, maraviroc, the first of a new class of HIV drugs called CCR5 receptor antagonists, ...
Raised risk of prostate cancer in Black men
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black men living in England are three times more likely to get prostate cancer than White men and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found.
Research suggests doctors should consider kidney-sparing surgery
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A study of almost 1,500 kidney cancer patients treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center suggests that surgery to spare as much kidney tissue as possible may improve overall survival in patients who also have reduced ...
Core needle breast biopsy safe for patients taking blood thinners
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It is safe to take anticoagulants (blood thinners) before core needle breast biopsies, according to a study performed at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY. Core needle biopsies are offered as an alternative ...
Sweat it out: Study examines ability of sweat patches to monitor bone loss
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Some health assessments that are routinely carried out on Earth are not practical when the "patients" are free-floating astronauts on long space flights, such as missions to Mars or the Moon. A new, NASA-funded study from ...
Whether combat or peacekeeping, PTSD impacts veterans' well-being
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Deployed peacekeeping veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have significant impairments in health-related quality of life according to research by Dr. J. Donald Richardson of The University of Western Ontario ...
